How do I Change the Windows Vista Default Search?
- 1). Click the "Start" icon in the lower-left corner of your screen to open the Vista search box.
- 2). Type something in the "Start Search" box to initiate the search process. This will cause the "Search Everywhere" icon to appear near the bottom of the screen. Click on it to open your advanced search parameters.
- 3). Click "Search Tools" in the box that opens. It is an option on one of several task bars that appear near the top of the box.
- 4). Select "Search Options" from the pull-down menu.
- 5). Choose the options you want to enable or disable as your search defaults. The options allow you to direct whether a default search will look for file names or also include file content, which directories to search in, whether to include sub-directories and types of special files, such as zipped files, to include or exclude from a search.
- 6). Click "OK." Your Windows Vista search defaults are now changed.